On This Day

On This Day — 9 June

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900

47409Burgher J M Bezuidenhout, Boer Forces, aged 22. Killed in action, Bronkhorstspruit.

1900

45931Burgher Johannes Christiaan Cmdt Kriegler, Heidelberg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 41. Killed in action, Brandfort Hosp.

1902

48246Burgher Petrus Sptephanus Lubbe, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 34. Died of beri-beri while a prisoner of war, St Helena.

1902

48175Burgher Gert Johannes Van Vuren, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 47. Died of beri-beri while a prisoner of war, St Helena.

1906

39535Lieutenant Thomas James Campbell, 726480, Depot (Natal Rangers), aged 27. Died of wounds, received at Nomangci, at Addington Hospital Durban.

1915

41060Labourer First Name Unknown Petrus, 873, Railways and Harbours (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 20. Died of appendicitis, of Swakopmund.

1915

26793Burgher Jacobus Stefanus Van Eeden, K/290, Brand's Horse (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 24. Killed in action, with German patrol.

1916

1667Sergeant William Henry Berry, 11130, 6th Bn. (Worcestershire Regiment). Died in West Africa.

1916

5974Private Alfred Thomas Doyle, 920, 2nd Bn. (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 45. Killed in action.

1916

13841Lance Corporal Solomon Wolf Lorie, S/1234, Supplies (South African Service Corps), aged 41. Died of malaria.

1916

15619Private Howard Ward Matthews, 11795, 3rd Brigade (South African Infantry), aged 30. Died of diabetes, at Potchefstroom.

1916

17923Lance Corporal Thomas Muir, 441296, 7th Coy. (Canadian Machine Gun Corps), aged 27. Died of wounds.

1917

731Donkey Driver Sam Aspeling, 16672, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of dysentery, at Durban Hospital.

1917

832Labourer Moses Babana, 19408, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kisiwani.

1917

2949Pack Leader John Buckley, 2953, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of heart failure, at Morogoro.

1917

24081Piet Stenkula, 11420, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

1917

24449Mechanician Henry Style, MT/4555, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 44. Died of blackwater fever.

1917

24750Lieutenant Bernard Tarr, 52nd Bn. (Australian Infantry, A.I.F.), aged 21. Died of wounds.

1917

25233Corporal James Richard Thwaite, MT/2547, M.t. (South African Service Corps). Died of cerebral malaria, at Dar es Salaam.

1917

26475Gunner Richard Valancey, X/223, 73rd Siege Bty. (South African Heavy Artillery), aged 32. Died of wounds.

1918

384Second Lieutenant Victor William Allen, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

7027Private Charles Ferguson, 121, Base Depot Coy. (Durban) (General and Base Depots, S.A. Forces). Died of aneurism of the aorta.

1918

10860Driver Gabriel Gerhardus Jacobs, MT/7180, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 20. Died of blackwater fever.

1919

8597Staff Sergeant Cecil Gray, 12408, Pay Branch (Military Labour Bureau, S.A. Forces), aged 49. Died of sickness.

1920

25460Private William Jocelyn Treloar, 961, 4th (South African Horse). Died of tuberculosis.

1941

4067Private Walter F Coan, 106, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 65. Died on active service.

1941

4070Captain William H Coaton, 87424, South African Pay Corps, aged 54. Died on active service.

1941

4458Pilot Officer Ivan Brian Cooper, 61289, Photographic Reconnaissance Unit. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 20. Killed in action, Spitfire X4496, aircraft failed to return from operational flight, D Flight Photographic Reconnaissance Unit Wick.

1941

8276Private Evelyn Norman Everard Goble, 1091, 1st Bn. (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 36. Died of post operative hemorrhage.

1941

11607Lieutenant Timotheus Casparus Joubert, South African Artillery, aged 36. Died on active service.

1941

21614Sapper William Archibald Roberts, 190251, 34 Construction Coy. (South African Engineer Corps). Died on active service.

1941

23159Private Ismc Simons, M/12477, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1942

1366Private Trevor Leslie Beal-Preston, 11274, 1st (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 26. Killed in action, when an enemy shell landed on the 14 Platoon kitchen dugout in the vicinity of Tobruk/El Gazala.

1942

4473Second Lieutenant Kenneth Copeland, 205874, 3 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 18. Died in Aircraft Accident, De Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth #2127, air collision with #2387 crashed Wonderboom.

1942

6252Captain Maurice Atkinson Duke, 202879, South African Air Force, aged 39. Committed suicide, gun shot wound to head, at 71 Air School.

1942

17977Private Muller, M/12158, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 40. Died on active service.

1942

27579Pupil Pilot Arthur James Walker, 206355, 25 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in aircraft accident, aircraft broke up in flight, in Miles M.19 Master Mk II/III #2793, at Standerton.

1942

27979Pupil Pilot Walter Weymouth (Puggy) Weeks, 206290, 25 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in aircraft accident, aircraft broke up in flight, in Miles M.19 Master Mk II/III #2793.

1942

28821Corporal Henry Michael Woods, 6262, 1st (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 25. Killed in action, when an enemy shell landed on the 14 Platoon kitchen dugout in the vicinity of Tobruk/El Gazala.

1943

9880Air Sergeant Arthur Cyril Hill, 235331V, South African Air Force, aged 47. Died on active service.

1944

3106Lieutenant James Burt, 58771V, 210 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 33. Killed in action, Catalina JX574, on submarine patrol.

1944

6105Air Mechanic Schalk Willem Du Plessis, 58891V, South African Air Force, aged 42. Died of acute nephritis dropsy.

1944

13218Private Robert Thomas Moffitt Lee, 27908V, Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces, aged 26. Killed in action, during the capture of Viterbo, Italy.

1944

16158Flight Sergeant Alexander MacLeod, 710159, 50 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 38. Died on active service.

1944

21552Air Woman Maria Robbertse, F/270334V, Women's Auxiliary Air Force (S.A.A.F.), aged 18. Died on active service.

1944

21685Leading Aircraftman Maurice Anthony Robinson, 1151613, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 24. Drowned, at Ngamo Dam.

1944

22001Private Johannes Lodewickus Rudd, 26651V, Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Died of wounds, head and left thigh, received 4 June 1944 near Paliano, Italy, placed on the DI list 5 June and succumbed to his wounds on the 9 June.

1945

6609Sapper Martin Elsas, 85326, 11 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps). Died of wounds, caused by an enemy mine.

1945

12067Able Seaman Keown, CN/71845, H.M.S.A.S. Bonaventure (South African Naval Forces), aged 28. Died after discharge.

1946

6542Flight Sergeant Henry Ellenger, M/2105, Southern Rhodesia Air Force, aged 73. Died of coronary thrombosis and cardiac failure.

1946

12884Warrant Officer Class II Frank E Lancaster, 240910, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 69. Died on active service.

1947

13737Private Thomas Lock, M/11939, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 46. Died of tuberculosis, after discharge.

1951

31335Second Lieutenant Tertius Liebenberg, P1/40567, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, in North American F-51 Mustang #333. 2Lt T. Liebenberg, a new pilot in the squadron, was about to undertake his first mission from K-10. Take off time was approximately 07H00 and 2Lt Liebenberg, in the No.4 position, was the last to take off. As his aircraft gathered speed it started veering to the left, off the runway in the direction of the control tower. It struck a ditch, wiping the undercarriage off, and collided with a parked American aircraft, bursting into flames as it did so. He died in the resulting fire.

1960

41711Johannes Matthys Van Niekerk, P/15983, Pay Branch (South African Air Force), aged 42. Died of coronary thrombosis, in Military Hospital, Voortrekkerhoogte.

1963

29366Captain William James Bartman, 50402, 40 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 44. Died of heart attack, in his home.

1963

34974Detective Sergeant Andries Cornelis Hoffman, 30443, Western Cape (South African Police), aged 27. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

1969

37143Constable Daniel Phungula, 156710, Mpumalanga (South African Police), aged 22. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

1975

40158Acting Sergeant Peter Albertus O'Reilly, 724380, 1 Independent Company (Rhodesian Army Service Corps), aged 23. Died of injuries, received in a vehicle accident, at Wankie Colliery Hospital.

1976

29691Rifleman Crispin John Cardoso, 76586106BT, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 24. Died on active service.

1976

30098Rifleman Petrus Domingos, 84074103BW, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 24. Died on active service.

1976

39710Trooper Alexious Tamirepi Mapanyure, 646199, 2nd Battalion (Selous Scouts), aged 34. Killed in action, in a contact, gun shot wounds near Mount Darwin, Op Hurricane.

1976

32124Rifleman Edward Mavuato, 90710096PE, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 24. Died on active service.

1976

33891Second Lieutenant Kevin Roy Winterbottom, 70388129PE, 4 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 22. Died in Aircraft Accident, after take off from Waterkloof, in Atlas MB326KM Impala Mk II #1022; bird strike caused catastrophic engine failure.

1977

39283Guard Fibion Dzingai, 646192, Internal Affairs (Guard Force), aged 28. Killed in action, in a contact with insurgents.

1977

39815Trooper Karl Christiaan Meyer, 728010, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian Light Infantry), aged 26. Killed in action, vehicle hit a landmine.

1979

30494Corporal Danny Patrick Goosen, 67504571, 1 Air Depot (South African Technical Services Corps), aged 27. Died in a Private Motorcycle Accident, while on course at TS Training Centre, Pretoria.

1979

39746Private Rodrick Masendeke, 647806, Keep Protection (Rhodesia Army), aged 22. Died on active service.

1982

37789Sergeant Dirk Jacobus Swarts, W84865H, 1a Dist (Cape Town) CW Div (South African Police), aged 21. KOAS - COIN duty on RSA border.

1983

33708Corporal Andre Johannes Vermaak, 77522175, 44 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Committed suicide at Pretoria. Gassed himself.

1987

35552Constable William James Madlala, S601750R, Head Office (South African Police), aged 20. Murdered.

1992

34286Constable Gavin Mark Cele, 0614169-2, Port Natal Division (South African Police), aged 27. Shot dead by a gunman while investigating a tip off regarding illegal weapons in Kwathema.

1992

35167Special Constable Paul Khanyile, 0918465-1, Free State (South African Police), aged 38. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

1992

37140Constable Daniel Phora, 0923989-8, Mpumalanga (South African Police), aged 22. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

1993

41834Lieutenant Hubert Martin Kleinhans, 81536526PE, Northern Cape Command HQ (South African Infantry Corps), aged 30. Died of stomach cancer, in Kimberley Hospital.

1998

32045Rifleman Mmakwena Levy Motsokobi, 93726412, Eastern Transvaal Command PRO Unit (SA Army), aged 23. Committed Suicide, shot himself at Thaba Tchu.

2000

31840Sergeant Douglas Mphiyakhe Mdluli, 94999067PF, AFB Swartkop (Gauteng), aged 23. Died in a helicopter crash. Westland Augusta A109, tail No #4022, crashed into the Woodstock dam, near Bergville, KZN on route to Dragon Peaks Park for mountain training exercises.

2000

31774Corporal First Name Unknown Mogale, 94976743PF, Grp 20 HQ (Gauteng), aged 29. Died of Medical Reason, at 1 Mil Hospital, while off duty. Organ failure.

2000

33339Corporal Johannes Bhengu Tsie, 94975943PF, 1 Parachute Battalion (Gauteng), aged 29. Killed in action, in Operation Boleas, to restore stability in Lesotho at Khatsi Dam.

2001

36950Captain Leonard Nortje, 636706-2, Kwazulu Natal (South African Police Service), aged 24. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

2001

36989Inspector Joseph Ntubuzi, 513905-8, Western Cape (South African Police Service), aged 44. Stabbed to death.

2001

37083Inspector Rudolf Nicolaas Pakgadi, 629132-5, Johannesburg Flying Squad (South African Police Service), aged 19. Killed in action, in Rhodesia while on COIN duty, landmine explosion.

2002

36646Sergeant Victor Gerald Musinyali, 450859-9, Heilbron (South African Police Service), aged 32. Killed while on COIN duty on South African border.

2016

43064Constable Maringa, 7046125-2, South African Police Service. Died as a result of their duties.

2023

43303Warrant Officer Du Rand, 0469813-4, South African Police Service. Died as a result of their duties.

We will remember them.

On This Day — 9 June

We remember those who died in service on this day:

- 1900 47409 — Burgher J M Bezuidenhout, Boer Forces, aged 22. Killed in action, Bronkhorstspruit.

- 1900 45931 — Burgher Johannes Christiaan Cmdt Kriegler, Heidelberg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 41. Killed in action, Brandfort Hosp.

- 1902 48246 — Burgher Petrus Sptephanus Lubbe, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 34. Died of beri-beri while a prisoner of war, St Helena.

- 1902 48175 — Burgher Gert Johannes Van Vuren, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 47. Died of beri-beri while a prisoner of war, St Helena.

- 1906 39535 — Lieutenant Thomas James Campbell, 726480, Depot (Natal Rangers), aged 27. Died of wounds, received at Nomangci, at Addington Hospital Durban.

- 1915 41060 — Labourer First Name Unknown Petrus, 873, Railways and Harbours (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 20. Died of appendicitis, of Swakopmund.

- 1915 26793 — Burgher Jacobus Stefanus Van Eeden, K/290, Brand's Horse (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 24. Killed in action, with German patrol.

- 1916 1667 — Sergeant William Henry Berry, 11130, 6th Bn. (Worcestershire Regiment). Died in West Africa.

- 1916 5974 — Private Alfred Thomas Doyle, 920, 2nd Bn. (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 45. Killed in action.

- 1916 13841 — Lance Corporal Solomon Wolf Lorie, S/1234, Supplies (South African Service Corps), aged 41. Died of malaria.

- 1916 15619 — Private Howard Ward Matthews, 11795, 3rd Brigade (South African Infantry), aged 30. Died of diabetes, at Potchefstroom.

- 1916 17923 — Lance Corporal Thomas Muir, 441296, 7th Coy. (Canadian Machine Gun Corps), aged 27. Died of wounds.

- 1917 731 — Donkey Driver Sam Aspeling, 16672, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of dysentery, at Durban Hospital.

- 1917 832 — Labourer Moses Babana, 19408, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kisiwani.

- 1917 2949 — Pack Leader John Buckley, 2953, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of heart failure, at Morogoro.

- 1917 24081 — Piet Stenkula, 11420, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

- 1917 24449 — Mechanician Henry Style, MT/4555, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 44. Died of blackwater fever.

- 1917 24750 — Lieutenant Bernard Tarr, 52nd Bn. (Australian Infantry, A.I.F.), aged 21. Died of wounds.

- 1917 25233 — Corporal James Richard Thwaite, MT/2547, M.t. (South African Service Corps). Died of cerebral malaria, at Dar es Salaam.

- 1917 26475 — Gunner Richard Valancey, X/223, 73rd Siege Bty. (South African Heavy Artillery), aged 32. Died of wounds.

- 1918 384 — Second Lieutenant Victor William Allen, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 7027 — Private Charles Ferguson, 121, Base Depot Coy. (Durban) (General and Base Depots, S.A. Forces). Died of aneurism of the aorta.

- 1918 10860 — Driver Gabriel Gerhardus Jacobs, MT/7180, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 20. Died of blackwater fever.

- 1919 8597 — Staff Sergeant Cecil Gray, 12408, Pay Branch (Military Labour Bureau, S.A. Forces), aged 49. Died of sickness.

- 1920 25460 — Private William Jocelyn Treloar, 961, 4th (South African Horse). Died of tuberculosis.

- 1941 4067 — Private Walter F Coan, 106, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 65. Died on active service.

- 1941 4070 — Captain William H Coaton, 87424, South African Pay Corps, aged 54. Died on active service.

- 1941 4458 — Pilot Officer Ivan Brian Cooper, 61289, Photographic Reconnaissance Unit. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 20. Killed in action, Spitfire X4496, aircraft failed to return from operational flight, D Flight Photographic Reconnaissance Unit Wick.

- 1941 8276 — Private Evelyn Norman Everard Goble, 1091, 1st Bn. (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 36. Died of post operative hemorrhage.

- 1941 11607 — Lieutenant Timotheus Casparus Joubert, South African Artillery, aged 36. Died on active service.

- 1941 21614 — Sapper William Archibald Roberts, 190251, 34 Construction Coy. (South African Engineer Corps). Died on active service.

- 1941 23159 — Private Ismc Simons, M/12477, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1942 1366 — Private Trevor Leslie Beal-Preston, 11274, 1st (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 26. Killed in action, when an enemy shell landed on the 14 Platoon kitchen dugout in the vicinity of Tobruk/El Gazala.

- 1942 4473 — Second Lieutenant Kenneth Copeland, 205874, 3 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 18. Died in Aircraft Accident, De Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth #2127, air collision with #2387 crashed Wonderboom.

- 1942 6252 — Captain Maurice Atkinson Duke, 202879, South African Air Force, aged 39. Committed suicide, gun shot wound to head, at 71 Air School.

- 1942 17977 — Private Muller, M/12158, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 40. Died on active service.

- 1942 27579 — Pupil Pilot Arthur James Walker, 206355, 25 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in aircraft accident, aircraft broke up in flight, in Miles M.19 Master Mk II/III #2793, at Standerton.

- 1942 27979 — Pupil Pilot Walter Weymouth (Puggy) Weeks, 206290, 25 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in aircraft accident, aircraft broke up in flight, in Miles M.19 Master Mk II/III #2793.

- 1942 28821 — Corporal Henry Michael Woods, 6262, 1st (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 25. Killed in action, when an enemy shell landed on the 14 Platoon kitchen dugout in the vicinity of Tobruk/El Gazala.

- 1943 9880 — Air Sergeant Arthur Cyril Hill, 235331V, South African Air Force, aged 47. Died on active service.

- 1944 3106 — Lieutenant James Burt, 58771V, 210 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 33. Killed in action, Catalina JX574, on submarine patrol.

- 1944 6105 — Air Mechanic Schalk Willem Du Plessis, 58891V, South African Air Force, aged 42. Died of acute nephritis dropsy.

- 1944 13218 — Private Robert Thomas Moffitt Lee, 27908V, Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces, aged 26. Killed in action, during the capture of Viterbo, Italy.

- 1944 16158 — Flight Sergeant Alexander MacLeod, 710159, 50 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 38. Died on active service.

- 1944 21552 — Air Woman Maria Robbertse, F/270334V, Women's Auxiliary Air Force (S.A.A.F.), aged 18. Died on active service.

- 1944 21685 — Leading Aircraftman Maurice Anthony Robinson, 1151613, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 24. Drowned, at Ngamo Dam.

- 1944 22001 — Private Johannes Lodewickus Rudd, 26651V, Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Died of wounds, head and left thigh, received 4 June 1944 near Paliano, Italy, placed on the DI list 5 June and succumbed to his wounds on the 9 June.

- 1945 6609 — Sapper Martin Elsas, 85326, 11 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps). Died of wounds, caused by an enemy mine.

- 1945 12067 — Able Seaman Keown, CN/71845, H.M.S.A.S. Bonaventure (South African Naval Forces), aged 28. Died after discharge.

- 1946 6542 — Flight Sergeant Henry Ellenger, M/2105, Southern Rhodesia Air Force, aged 73. Died of coronary thrombosis and cardiac failure.

- 1946 12884 — Warrant Officer Class II Frank E Lancaster, 240910, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 69. Died on active service.

- 1947 13737 — Private Thomas Lock, M/11939, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 46. Died of tuberculosis, after discharge.

- 1951 31335 — Second Lieutenant Tertius Liebenberg, P1/40567, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, in North American F-51 Mustang #333. 2Lt T. Liebenberg, a new pilot in the squadron, was about to undertake his first mission from K-10. Take off time was approximately 07H00 and 2Lt Liebenberg, in the No.4 position, was the last to take off. As his aircraft gathered speed it started veering to the left, off the runway in the direction of the control tower. It struck a ditch, wiping the undercarriage off, and collided with a parked American aircraft, bursting into flames as it did so. He died in the resulting fire.

- 1960 41711 — Johannes Matthys Van Niekerk, P/15983, Pay Branch (South African Air Force), aged 42. Died of coronary thrombosis, in Military Hospital, Voortrekkerhoogte.

- 1963 29366 — Captain William James Bartman, 50402, 40 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 44. Died of heart attack, in his home.

- 1963 34974 — Detective Sergeant Andries Cornelis Hoffman, 30443, Western Cape (South African Police), aged 27. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

- 1969 37143 — Constable Daniel Phungula, 156710, Mpumalanga (South African Police), aged 22. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

- 1975 40158 — Acting Sergeant Peter Albertus O'Reilly, 724380, 1 Independent Company (Rhodesian Army Service Corps), aged 23. Died of injuries, received in a vehicle accident, at Wankie Colliery Hospital.

- 1976 29691 — Rifleman Crispin John Cardoso, 76586106BT, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 24. Died on active service.

- 1976 30098 — Rifleman Petrus Domingos, 84074103BW, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 24. Died on active service.

- 1976 39710 — Trooper Alexious Tamirepi Mapanyure, 646199, 2nd Battalion (Selous Scouts), aged 34. Killed in action, in a contact, gun shot wounds near Mount Darwin, Op Hurricane.

- 1976 32124 — Rifleman Edward Mavuato, 90710096PE, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 24. Died on active service.

- 1976 33891 — Second Lieutenant Kevin Roy Winterbottom, 70388129PE, 4 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 22. Died in Aircraft Accident, after take off from Waterkloof, in Atlas MB326KM Impala Mk II #1022; bird strike caused catastrophic engine failure.

- 1977 39283 — Guard Fibion Dzingai, 646192, Internal Affairs (Guard Force), aged 28. Killed in action, in a contact with insurgents.

- 1977 39815 — Trooper Karl Christiaan Meyer, 728010, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian Light Infantry), aged 26. Killed in action, vehicle hit a landmine.

- 1979 30494 — Corporal Danny Patrick Goosen, 67504571, 1 Air Depot (South African Technical Services Corps), aged 27. Died in a Private Motorcycle Accident, while on course at TS Training Centre, Pretoria.

- 1979 39746 — Private Rodrick Masendeke, 647806, Keep Protection (Rhodesia Army), aged 22. Died on active service.

- 1982 37789 — Sergeant Dirk Jacobus Swarts, W84865H, 1a Dist (Cape Town) CW Div (South African Police), aged 21. KOAS - COIN duty on RSA border.

- 1983 33708 — Corporal Andre Johannes Vermaak, 77522175, 44 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Committed suicide at Pretoria. Gassed himself.

- 1987 35552 — Constable William James Madlala, S601750R, Head Office (South African Police), aged 20. Murdered.

- 1992 34286 — Constable Gavin Mark Cele, 0614169-2, Port Natal Division (South African Police), aged 27. Shot dead by a gunman while investigating a tip off regarding illegal weapons in Kwathema.

- 1992 35167 — Special Constable Paul Khanyile, 0918465-1, Free State (South African Police), aged 38. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 1992 37140 — Constable Daniel Phora, 0923989-8, Mpumalanga (South African Police), aged 22. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 1993 41834 — Lieutenant Hubert Martin Kleinhans, 81536526PE, Northern Cape Command HQ (South African Infantry Corps), aged 30. Died of stomach cancer, in Kimberley Hospital.

- 1998 32045 — Rifleman Mmakwena Levy Motsokobi, 93726412, Eastern Transvaal Command PRO Unit (SA Army), aged 23. Committed Suicide, shot himself at Thaba Tchu.

- 2000 31840 — Sergeant Douglas Mphiyakhe Mdluli, 94999067PF, AFB Swartkop (Gauteng), aged 23. Died in a helicopter crash. Westland Augusta A109, tail No #4022, crashed into the Woodstock dam, near Bergville, KZN on route to Dragon Peaks Park for mountain training exercises.

- 2000 31774 — Corporal First Name Unknown Mogale, 94976743PF, Grp 20 HQ (Gauteng), aged 29. Died of Medical Reason, at 1 Mil Hospital, while off duty. Organ failure.

- 2000 33339 — Corporal Johannes Bhengu Tsie, 94975943PF, 1 Parachute Battalion (Gauteng), aged 29. Killed in action, in Operation Boleas, to restore stability in Lesotho at Khatsi Dam.

- 2001 36950 — Captain Leonard Nortje, 636706-2, Kwazulu Natal (South African Police Service), aged 24. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 2001 36989 — Inspector Joseph Ntubuzi, 513905-8, Western Cape (South African Police Service), aged 44. Stabbed to death.

- 2001 37083 — Inspector Rudolf Nicolaas Pakgadi, 629132-5, Johannesburg Flying Squad (South African Police Service), aged 19. Killed in action, in Rhodesia while on COIN duty, landmine explosion.

- 2002 36646 — Sergeant Victor Gerald Musinyali, 450859-9, Heilbron (South African Police Service), aged 32. Killed while on COIN duty on South African border.

- 2016 43064 — Constable Maringa, 7046125-2, South African Police Service. Died as a result of their duties.

- 2023 43303 — Warrant Officer Du Rand, 0469813-4, South African Police Service. Died as a result of their duties.

We will remember them.

ON THIS DAY

09 June

On This Day — 9 June

Deaths on 09 June by Year